2017/09-2018/02， Visiting Research Student，University of Southampton，UK
2013/09-2018/09， PhD， Marine Engineering，Huazhong University of Science and Technology，China
2009/09-2013/06， BS， Marine Engineering，Huazhong University of Science and Technology， China

2021/12-Present, Associate Researcher, School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2018/11-2021/12, Assistant Researcher, School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Marine robot technology and its application in ocean science and engineering
Navigation, guidance and control of marine robots
System identification
Fuzzy logic, theory and control
Design and implementation of embedded control system

On spatial variable-speed tracking control of autonomous underwater vehicles subject to actuator dynamics and input saturation, National Natural Science Foundation of China（2020/01-2022/12）

Yiming Zhong, Caoyang Yu*, Rui Wang, Chunhu Liu, Lian Lian. Adaptive depth tracking of underwater vehicles considering actuator saturation: Theory, simulation and experiment. Ocean Engineering, 2022, 265, 112517.
Caoyang Yu, Yiming Zhong, Lian Lian*, Xianbo Xiang. An experimental study of adaptive bounded depth control for underwater vehicles subject to thruster's dead-zone and saturation. Applied Ocean Research, 2021, 117, 102947.
Caoyang Yu, Chunhu Liu, Xianbo Xiang, Zheng Zeng, Zhaoyu Wei, Lian Lian*. Line-of-sight guided time delay control for three-dimensional coupled path following of underactuated underwater vehicles with roll dynamics. Ocean Engineering, 2020, 207, 107410.
Caoyang Yu, Xianbo Xiang*, Philip A. Wilson, Qin Zhang. Guidance-error-based robust fuzzy adaptive control for bottom following of a flight-style AUV with saturated actuator dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2020, 50(5): 1887-1899.
Xianbo Xiang, Caoyang Yu*, Qin Zhang, Philip A. Wilson, Guohua Xu. Manoeuvring-based actuation evaluation of an AUV with control surfaces and through-body thrusters. Applied Ocean Research, 2020, 96, 102046.
Caoyang Yu, Chunhu Liu, Lian Lian*, Xianbo Xiang, Zheng Zeng. ELOS-based path following control for underactuated surface vehicles with actuator dynamics. Ocean Engineering, 2019, 187, 106139.
Caoyang Yu, Xianbo Xiang*, Francesco Maurelli, Qin Zhang, Rui Zhao, Guohua Xu. Onboard system of hybrid underwater robotic vehicles: Integrated software architecture and control algorithm. Ocean Engineering, 2019, 187, 106121.
Caoyang Yu, Xianbo Xiang*, Lionel Lapierre, Qin Zhang. Robust magnetic tracking of subsea cable by AUV in the presence of sensor noise and ocean currents. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2018, 43(2): 311-322.
Caoyang Yu, Xianbo Xiang*, Qin Zhang, Guohua Xu. Adaptive fuzzy trajectory tracking control of an under-actuated autonomous underwater vehicle subject to actuator saturation. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 2018, 20(1): 269-279.
Caoyang Yu, Xianbo Xiang*, Lionel Lapierre, Qin Zhang. Nonlinear guidance and fuzzy control for three-dimensional path following of an underactuated autonomous underwater vehicle. Ocean Engineering, 2017, 146: 457-467.

Design Principle of Underwater Vehicles (Graduate)
Introduction of Marine Technology (Undergraduate)
Fundamentals and Application of Automatic Control(Undergraduate)
Participation in Research Program (Undergraduate)

Review Editor for Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Reviewer for Applied Ocean Research，IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering，IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics，International Journal of Fuzzy Systems，Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing，Nonlinear Dynamics, Ocean Engineering，Robotics and Autonomous Systems, et al.

2020, National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
2019, Shanghai Sailing Program